Dengue scare amid swine flu outbreak
Ahmedabad: Even as citizens of Ahmedabad are grappling with the severe swine flu outbreak, they need to remain equally wary of vector-borne infections, especially dengue. According to the weekly health
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Gujarat showed sloth to swine flu
AHMEDABAD: Around April, during peak summer in Telangana when the H1N1 mortality rate was barely 1%, the joint director (epidemics) of that state reached out to his counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
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Gujarat sees two swine flu deaths, 28 cases in 24 hours
A fall in temperatures has increased the number of swine flu cases in Gujarat. Ahemdabad alone has reported 28 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, and counting. As a preventive measure, the local
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Gujarat floods: Citizens stay in as sky rains down woes
AHMEDABAD: A rain-wrought terror gripped Amdavadis on Thursday, pushing the already monsoon-sodden city into a self-imposed curfew. Many Amdavadis preferred to stay indoors and avoid getting stuck in traffic
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IAF rescues 160 people in Gujarat; carries NDRF teams to Rajasthan's Jalore
AHMEDABAD: The IAF operating 05 MI-17V5 helicopters on Tuesday from different locations airlifted over 160 people to safety and carried over 3400kgs of relief material to designated places mostly in
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103 suspected dengue cases till July 21, AMC confirms 26
AHMEDABAD: Dengue infections appear to be on the rise in the city. At least so reflects the data provided by civic body-run and civil hospitals given to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). Well-placed
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There seems to be low-level transmission of Zika virus in India'
After three adults tested positive for the Zika virus in Ahmedabad district, Gujarat in January this year, an adult male from Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu tested positive for the Zika virus. This
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Greenhouse scheme of government has failed, say farmers
Greenhouse Farmer Association (GFA) Vice president Vijay Patel said that the scheme has failed to such an extent that today there are less than 100 greenhouse farming units in the state. Greenhouse
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India now in same risk bracket as Brazil
AHMEDABAD: Just two days before the World Health Organization first informed of three Zika cases in the city on May 26, it had put the entire country in risk category 2, the same category as that of Brazil,
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Yellow alert issued, Ahmedabad records 42 degrees celsius
AHMEDABAD: With the mercury remaining above the 40°C mark at 11 of the 23 places monitored by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Gujarat, Ahmedabad was also scorched on Wednesday. With the temperature